Big 4 firm EY Romania recently appointed Mihaela Sandu partner in the assurance department, bringing the ratio of women partners in the firm at 25 percent.

Sandu has a professional experience of over 15 years, including 12 years in EY Romania. She joined the company in 2001 as a junior, promoting to senior, manager, senior manager and executive director until taking up the new position.

She became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK and a member of the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania in 2005.

Globally, EY announced 509 new partners, of which 131 women. In EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), EY named 162 new partners, including 34 women. The company has 450 employees in Romania and Moldova. The company recently re-branded to EY from the previous Ernst & Young.

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